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How Brands Can Deliver Sustainable Instant Commerce for Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly accelerated shifts in consumer behavior and expectations, and not many have been as dramatic as the explosive rise of ecommerce. Perhaps one of the biggest pain points brands have struggled with in ecommerce over the past two years is meeting consumers’ increased demand for immediacy.

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Amazon Appoints Insider as CEO of Worldwide Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has named 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington to the renamed role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, filling the position left vacant by former CEO of the Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark. Since 2015, Herrington has served as Amazon’s SVP of the North America Consumer. Pat Bajari (Chief Economist).

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2021 Update on GDPR and Its Impact on Brands and Consumers

GetElastic

Just because companies are doing more to protect data, STATISTS recently did a study that exponential increase in data breaches since 2005. Annual number of data breaches and exposed records in the United States from 2005 to 2020. Think of the GDPR as a kind of consumer bill of rights governing data use. Source: STATISTS.

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How Brands Large and Small are Leaning into the Amazon Effect to Compete

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon: the Consumer-First Platform. Amazon has completely upleveled what a high quality ecommerce experience looks like for consumers. A business model that was only possible with their unparalleled investment in the systems and shipping, fulfillment and supply chain infrastructure to support it. behind Amazon.

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Today, it is possible to stimulate all consumer senses online. Sensory Enabling Technologies (SETs) enable consumers to feel textures, smell and even perceive the taste of a product. Key takeaways: SETs enable brands to craft exemplary customer experiences online by appealing to consumers’ multisensory perception. 74% of U.S.

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Customers are Tired of Empty Shelves, and it’s Time for a Fix

Retail TouchPoints

grocery shoppers, 78% of consumers have experienced out-of-stock products in-store over the last 12 months, and 68% have experienced the same issue online. consumers would question their loyalty to a supermarket if out-of-stocks became a regular occurrence, the Retail Insight survey suggests. If not, then the opposite becomes true.

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Why Your Loyalties Should Lie With Amazon, Despite the FTC Lawsuit.

Algopix

In this article we will cover Amazon’s perspective and reasons for considering a strategic pivot from Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP). Amazon started the trend of 2 day free and fast shipping back in 2005, creating a new norm of customer expectation. Sounds very extreme right?